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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

50 ms is clearly noticeable. Dan Luu mentions 2ms in the original post.

Try in a terminal

read a; sleep 0.02; echo $a

and vary the number.

Actually, the time resolution for visual sensations is at least 5ms and for sound it is even smaller - a drummer in s band needs to practice a lot to get the right beat.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago
  1. I could notice it at 0.05 (well I tried 0.05 right after 0.02, so maybe it would work at lower too)
  2. I would guess I might notice 0.02 if it were music.
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 days ago

Terminal echo is not a good measure, far too slow. Make it a C program.